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KCTP 202134
PNSCTP PAZ057-059-065-066-210145-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
STATE COLLEGE PA 534 PM EDT SAT OCT 20 2012 ...
TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... LOCATION...FERN GLEN TO PARADISE IN LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DATE...10/19/2012 ESTIMATED TIME...810 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100-110 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...16 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON... ENDING LAT/LON...
* FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...15 *
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS CONFIRMED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR FERN GLEN AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST TO NEAR PARADISE IN LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ON 10/19/2012.
*THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS SPORADIC AND EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE THAT EXTENDED FROM FERN GLEN IN DRUMORE TOWNSHIP TO PARADISE CITY IN PARADISE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 810 PM AND LIFTED BACK UP AROUND 820 PM. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
*15 INJURIES OCCURRED IN PARADISE PARK WHEN A PAVILION COLLAPSED. *50 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED AND SEVERAL BARNS WERE DESTROYED. *AN ESTIMATED 2000-3000 TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. *2 SMALL HIGH TENSION TOWERS WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN BUCK.
*THE LANCASTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/CTP. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ LA CORTE/LAMBERT
KCTP 202134
PNSCTP PAZ057-059-065-066-210145-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
STATE COLLEGE PA 534 PM EDT SAT OCT 20 2012 ...
TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... LOCATION...FERN GLEN TO PARADISE IN LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DATE...10/19/2012 ESTIMATED TIME...810 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100-110 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...16 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON... ENDING LAT/LON...
* FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...15 *
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS CONFIRMED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR FERN GLEN AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST TO NEAR PARADISE IN LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ON 10/19/2012.
*THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS SPORADIC AND EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE THAT EXTENDED FROM FERN GLEN IN DRUMORE TOWNSHIP TO PARADISE CITY IN PARADISE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 810 PM AND LIFTED BACK UP AROUND 820 PM. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 16 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
*15 INJURIES OCCURRED IN PARADISE PARK WHEN A PAVILION COLLAPSED. *50 STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED AND SEVERAL BARNS WERE DESTROYED. *AN ESTIMATED 2000-3000 TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. *2 SMALL HIGH TENSION TOWERS WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN BUCK.
*THE LANCASTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/CTP. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ LA CORTE/LAMBERT
